Improvement in fan attachments



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE s. RIGGs, OF MIGANOFY, FLORIDA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FAN ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l94,725, dated August28, 1877 applieaiiOU filed June 11, 1877.

lo all whom it may concern Beit known that I, GEORGE S. RIGGs, ofMicanopy, Alachua county, Florida, have invented a new and ImprovedFly-Brush, of' which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved v ily-brush, and Fig. 2 is adetail view of the rack and pinion that operate the brush.

My invention relates to an improvement in fans for attaching to tables;and it consists of an oscillating fan supported by a standard attachedto the center of a table and driven by means of a treadle through asuitable ari rangement of levers and rods, as hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawing, A is a table, in the center of which a hollow standard,B, is attached. A rod,'0, which is journaled in the upper end of thestandard, is bent downward at each side of the standard, and outwardparallel to the surface ot' the table, and is provided with the Wings a.At the center of the post a pinion, b, is placed upon the rod G,-

and the rod c, that extends through the hollow standard B, is providedWith a rack, d, that engages the pinion b.

The rod C is held in its place in the standard B by a cap, e, which issecured to the standard by means of hooks or other suitable fastening.f, that is pivoted at g at the under side of the table, and the saidlever is connected by a rod, h, with a treadle, fi, that is pivoted to asuitable frame attached to the oor.

When the treadle is Worked by the foot the rod C is oscillated, and thewings a create sufficient motion in the air To drive ofl" iiies.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The rod G having wings a, the pinion b, rod c havingthe rack d, the hollow standard B, lever f, treadle i, and rod h, incombination, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE S. RIGGS.

Witnesses:

S. H. BENJAMIN, M. SHIRETYKE.

The rod c is jointed to a lever,

